Clay County Medical Center Recognized as a 2025 Top 100 Critical Access Hospital

Clay County Medical Center (CCMC) has been recognized as one of the 2025 Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals in the United States by The Chartis Center for Rural Health. The annual award program honors outstanding performance among rural hospitals across the country based on results from the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX®.

This marks the fourth time CCMC has received this national recognition, highlighting the organization’s continued commitment to providing high-quality healthcare to the communities it serves throughout North Central Kansas.

“CCMC is proud to receive this award for the fourth time,” said Austin M. Gillard, CEO of CCMC. “The unwavering commitment of our team members has clearly contributed to CCMC achieving this designation. We look forward to our continued growth and expansion as a Top 100 Critical Access Hospital in America. The communities we serve can count on us to deliver high-quality healthcare services now and in the future.”

The Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX® is one of the most comprehensive assessments of rural hospital performance in the nation. Using publicly available data, the INDEX measures performance across a variety of operational, financial, and quality indicators and is widely used by rural hospitals, health systems, hospital associations, and state offices of rural health.

February 18, 2025